Church in Surrey & White Rock: The Untold Story will be launched June 16 at Regent Christian Academy. In the meantime, here is an excerpt from the chapter ‘Church and Community Ministry and Cooperation,’ by Lloyd Mackey and Frank Bucholtz. Surrey…
In late November, the City of Vancouver released the Housing Vancouver Strategy to replace its Housing and Homelessness Strategy (2012-2021). Despite having exceeded several of the key targets it had established for this midway point in that 10-year plan, city…
Rapper Kendrick Lamar is asking for prayer, so you can engage with him whether you go to see him in concert August 2 at Rogers Arena or not. Just a couple of weeks ago, Jon Caramanica wrote in The New York…
The weather is likely to remain perfect this weekend, so some might want to spend Saturday morning (July 8) with the Earthkeepers down at New Brighton Park, on Burrard Inlet in east Vancouver. They are gathering volunteers to “help clean up…
Jeffrey Greenman became president of Regent College earlier this year; he is also professor of theology and ethics at the graduate school on the UBC campus. Prior to assuming his present role he served as academic dean and executive vice…
Last Saturday (July 4), Christians concerned about climate change gathered in Vancouver with a coalition of faith, labour, environmental and Indigenous groups. Together they formed a symbolic wall of solidarity along the seawall in Stanley Park, committing to prevent expansion…
A new exhibit at the Vancouver Maritime Museum highlights the heroic efforts of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara to save the lives of Jewish refugees during the Second World War. Invisible Threads: Life Saving Sugihara Visas and the Journey to Vancouver…
My wife Margaret and I will be visiting our new granddaughter Olivia (and her parents!) in Toronto throughout August, so I will not send out any Church for Vancouver weekly updates for a month. The next update will arrive Wednesday,…